appmarketplace.com

AI-powered Marketplace Intelligence software which monitors 26K+ vendors and 68K+ software products, providing competitive intelligence on marketplaces, ecosystems, and AI Agents/LLM adoption. Advisor to scaling SaaS companies and mature platforms on partnerships and ecosystem strategy.

Founder 

Picus Capital

Venture Scout for Picus Capital, a global venture investor managing €1.5B+ in assets.

Venture Scout

Multiple

Investments include Coconut (getcoconut.com) and Patch Plants (patchplants.com).

Angel Investor

Fresco

Led product team rebuilding KitchenOS platform for global appliance partners (Instant Brands, Kenwood, Middleby, Panasonic). Delivered AI content management system that automatically extracts cooking instructions from recipes and translates them into smart appliance settings.

VP of Product, AI Platform

HubSpot

Launched HubSpot's App Partner Program and App Marketplace, scaling from 150 to 1,200+ ISV partners globally. Ecosystem served 167,000+ customers on HubSpot's $1.7B ARR platform.

Director, Global Product Partnerships (Marketplace, App Partners)

Zalando SE

Led 40-person AI platform team at €5.4B e-commerce company, democratizing ML capabilities through internal APIs. Launched 9 products in 6 months, scaling from 50 to 1,100 active developers and accelerating AI feature deployment across Zalando's platform.

Head of Product, AI Platform (Zalando Intelligence)

Intercom

Led product partnerships and platform strategy during Intercom's hypergrowth from $17M to $50M+ ARR (18 months). Built strategic partnerships with Facebook, Slack, Twitter, and Microsoft. Launched Integrations Hub, achieving 40% customer adoption within 6 months.

Senior Product Manager, Platform & Partnerships

Facebook

Led Marketing API partnerships at Facebook's London engineering hub. Built strategic partnerships with Wix (300% higher activation rates vs. baseline) and PayPal (1.6M UK merchant connections), driving significant incremental ad revenue.

Head of Partner Growth, Marketing API (EMEA)

Founding team member, Facebook Marketing Partners program (now Meta Business Partners). Helped build program that scaled API revenue from hundreds of millions to $1B+ by 2013, contributing to 30% of total Facebook revenue. Managed global partnerships with Salesforce and Experian, generating $100M+ in combined API revenue.

Partner Manager, Marketing API (EMEA)

Compare.ie/DiscountCodes.ie

Built and scaled two consumer marketplace businesses. DiscountCodes.ie grew to 650 retail partners in 12 month. Compare.ie reached 1.2M users, achieving Google Premium Publisher status with 300% YoY revenue growth.

Founder & CEO

Multiple (2004-12)

Founded multiple marketplace and recurring revenue businesses over 8 years. Built Ireland's largest childcare marketplace, connecting 33,000+ babysitters with thousands of parents. Secured exclusive partnership with ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) to develop programmatic advertising business in the Irish market.

Early leadership team, Facebook (Meta) Marketing Partners (FMP), a global monetization API partnerships program driving $Bs of Facebook (Meta) Ads revenue. Launched and led HubSpot App Partner program and App Marketplace, scaling global ecosystem from 150 to 1,200 ISV partners. Early team at Intercom, built developer program, App Store, and strategic partnerships with Shopify, Microsoft, Atlassian, and Facebook. Led AI platform product team at Zalando, building production AI models powering consumer experiences for tens of millions of users. Serial founder with multiple exits.

Specialties: AI/ML platforms, marketplace strategy, platform partnerships, API ecosystems, partner program management, B2B SaaS growth, product-led growth, ecosystem development, developer relations, strategic partnerships, marketplace intelligence, multi-sided platforms, SaaS monetization, LLM integration, partner onboarding automation, venture investing, startup advisory, team leadership and development, M&A, business development.

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